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Image copyright Getty Images Smacking is harmful to children’s mental health and should be banned, school psychologists say. The Association of Educational Psychologists has tabled a motion to the TUC Conference calling for physical punishment to be outlawed. Presently, although corporal punishment is banned in schools, parents can “smack” or physically chastise a child as […]

Year 6 students sitting their SATs this week are striking a power pose in a bid to improve their results. Staff at the Flying Bull Academy in Portsmouth spotted the phenomenon, popular amongst some politicians, and introduced it into classes. Although studies suggest posing makes little difference, students at the school say their results have […]

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images The majority of this year’s UK students were satisfied with the quality of their courses, a survey suggests. The National Student Survey (NSS) found 84% of the 304,000 final-year students at 530 institutions who took part were content with their degree courses. The poll is published by the Higher Education […]